Ruth Mary Smethurst

@TPExpressTrains morning - can you give any updates on the 5.30 train from Manchester Vic to Hull? Waiting at Mirfield with no info :)

@Pandamoanimum Loooove this, so wholesome, this is basically my Summer aesthetic now. Thanks!

Step On by Happy Mondays, but it's being performed by The Wombles.

@MewSam @InnovationMatt I can see why they needed a new People and Culture manager

@InnovationMatt I just declined a People & Culture Manager role that required the person to be in the office 3 days a week and more days “when needed”, we know what that means. Also 9-6 pm 🙄. When am I going to be a mom? From 7-8 am? A Lot of companies are going backwards 🦀

@apple_franca I hope so! I came to twitter to ask this exact same question!

Is there a scientific reason for why the tree sap is out of control this year?

@emilybarth @clhubes You are one if my people now x

@ghiblicontents Same, Howl, same

@meilkyboi @robinhobb Finished it on a lunchbreak a couple of weeks into a new job. Was struggling to keep it together until a lively but unsuspecting fella asked me 'what are you reading'. Pretty sure he wasn't expecting me to answer in tears.

How to tell @robinhobb that the end of Assassins Fate had me absolutely sobbing on a plane, surrounded by sleeping strangers. Core memory. Will read again.

@ninianscott @silverpebble Hahahahahaaaa!

Best sea creatures (all real species) Piddock Pollock Sarcastic fringehead Lumpsucker Slippery dick Tasselled wobbegong Humuhumunukunukuapua’a (Herbert the) Turbot (Bernard the) Gurnard (Kenny the) Blenny …and Dave the telescope fish who’s had a very tricky day

@Amy_Hupe @setstudiotweets It's not bragging when it's facts ;) kudos to you 👏

Humble brag but Andy hired me to do the content for this and my heart *sings* seeing how it’s come together with this beaut design ♥️ This is what happens when you start with content. @setstudiotweets knows what’s up - hire them.

Hybrid workers spend the time they save commuting on eating better, keeping fit and sleeping more. thetimes.co.uk/article/hybrid…

@KayBurley @spfaz2000 @susie_dent The vicar who married me and my husband accused our bridesmaids and groomsmen of standing around 'like cheese at fourpence'. I'd never heard it before or since - added some colour to our wedding day!

@spfaz2000 @susie_dent Thinking you’re the privileged or lucky one 🤓

Which words or expressions have your parents and grandparents passed on to you? My mum still calls me a ‘contrary Mary’ and often references her ‘giddy aunt’, while my gran loved telling me she ‘couldn’t give a tinker’s cuss’. How about yours?

@KateBurkeNHS A million times yes

@BBC6Music @BBCSounds What about Gallipoli by Beirut? It's a firmly Christmas-adjacent track in my book

What folk track always fills you with warmth on a winter's day, and why? From a frosty walk to the fireside, help #NP6Music make a playlist to warm your heart. Sunday from 6pm, listen on @BBCSounds.

@markbrani I got this for Matt a few years back!

Bought myself an early Christmas present. If you’re “of a certain age” you may be feeling all the feels right now.

@SteministKendra @robinhobb Ah yes- I had a 'fun' lunchbreak with that one trying to explain to my colleagues why I was disconsolate...

@WeirdMedieval Beflobbered - covered in muck (typically your own)

amazing medieval words you should definitely add to your vocabulary, a thread:

Riz Ahmed nails it…“where are you really from?”

@ravenmaster1 looking at your pics with my son who visited ToL in the Summer Hols. He wanted you to know that he saw a boy panic and throw their ice cream at a raven when it started following him! It made his whole week 🐦‍⬛

Me at Bonfire Night: What the heck? I'm out in the night time in November with no gloves and I'm not even cold? Scary. Also me, wfh at 10.30am: I've already lost 3 toes to frostbite. Scary.

@WeirdMedieval That one person who died of apoplexy is a bit too relatable. Stay chill, peeps!

thinking about this list of deaths in london in 1665